Enrollment for Health Coverage Starts Nov. 15
Written by Sentinel News Service
13 November 2014
Greenlining Institute urges Californians to Learn about their options as Covered California builds on last year’s success
Following a successful launch which brought affordable health coverage to 1.1 ... read more >>

Employment Outlook for Black Males Improving
Written by Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent
13 November 2014
WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Last month’s Black unemployment rate (10.9 percent) was more than twice the White unemployment rate (4.8 percent), but when it comes to key measures in the labor market, Blacks ... read more >>

LAUSD Board Member George McKenna Files for Reelection
Written by Kenneth D. Miller Assistant Managing Editor
13 November 2014
photos by Valerie Goodloe for Sentinel
Following up on a promise that he made to his supporters during a campaign to replace his late friend Marguerite P. LaMotte, Dr. George McKenna officially ... read more >>

Burke and Gipson Legacy Begins in Assembly
Written by Kenneth D. Miller Assistant Managing Editor
11 November 2014
From Left Political pioneer Yvonne B. Burke, daughter and 62nd District Assembly member elect- Autumn Burke and Autumn’s father South Coast Air Quality Management District Chairman Dr. William Burke ... read more >>

Braving The Flames Of Racism
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer)
06 November 2014
Despite racism and segregation, Hartsfield made up his mind that he would become a firefighter blazing a path for future African American firefighters
Artis Lane (L) , Arnett Hartsfield and Mrs. Jeanne ... read more >>

19th Anniversary of Million Man March
Written by Charlene Muhammad Contributing Writer
06 November 2014
Unite and be free, Farrakhan tells Jamaica and the Caribbean during 19th Anniversary of the Million March message in Kingston
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was in good spirit as he delivered ... read more >>

Obama vows to 'get the job done' with Republicans
Written by DAVID ESPO and JULIE PACE Associated Press
06 November 2014
One day after sweeping Republican election gains, President Barack Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell pledged to try to turn divided government into a force for good rather than gridlock ... read more >>

Used-car GPS helps police find abducted woman
Written by SEAN CARLIN and LARRY O'DELL Associated Press
06 November 2014
Family members surround Keisha Gaither, second from left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, as they celebrate following a news conference in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, ... read more >>

For-profit colleges target regulations in lawsuit
Written by KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press
06 November 2014
The for-profit college sector filed a lawsuit Thursday November 6 that seeks to halt new regulations of its industry.
The lawsuit is in response to a rule the Obama administration announced last ... read more >>

Tension Remains Over Police Shootings of Young Black Males
Written by Dr. J. A. Salaam, Special to the NNPA from The Final Call
06 November 2014
(Mourners filled church for Sunday memorial service.)
Tensions over the police shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., 18, by a White police officer here and the unrelated shooting of 18-year-old Vonderrit ... read more >>

Contras and Drugs, Three Decades Later
Written by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, Special to the NNPA from The Final Call
06 November 2014
( Lt. Col. Oliver North delivers a pro-Contra briefing to the members of the Iran-Contra committee July 14, 1987. North is holding each of the 57 slides and describing what they showed.)
In late ... read more >>

This Week in Black History (Nov. 6 - Nov. 12)
Written by Amen Oyiboke, Staff Writer
06 November 2014
(Charlie Sifford)
November 6
1928- Oscar DePriest was elected to the 71st Congress from Illinois' First Congressional District in Chicago. He was the first congressman from the Northern part of the ... read more >>

Lynn Allen Jeter
Written by Zon D'Amour, Contributing Writer
06 November 2014
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For the past 30 years the veteran publicist has been cultivating the careers of the most renown celebrities and is now fostering a new generation of multi-talented fresh faces. Jeter shares ... read more >>

UPFest marks 2nd anniversary of So. Cal. Peace Rides
Written by Charlene Muhammad Contributing writer
31 October 2014
Hundreds of motorcyclists, low riders, and corvettes marked the 2nd anniversary of the Southern California Peace Rides when they rolled from Leimert Park throughout South L.A. on October 26.
They left ... read more >>